JDM Nissan Elgrand E51. Driver controls and features.

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John From to the Garage Gives a tour of the cockpit in his JDM (Japanese Domestic Market) Nissan Elgrand E51. These 3.5 litre petrol, Van / Car / Bus / Limos, are quirky, comfortable, quick, and well equipped. They were never intended to be sold in the UK but the uniqueness of their design has made them a popular choice with private importers. In this film we look at controls and features in the very front of Johns 2005 car.
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@arakassabian5879 2 ай бұрын

Many thanks John, from New Zealand. I am on my second Elgrand 3.5L V6 Automatic, a wonderful family people carrier, the grandchildren love it.

@batman4751 2 ай бұрын

Hi there I’m looking to do a long drive from London to morrocco and back with the family would you recommend one of these for long distance?

@daphsteve 10 ай бұрын

Thankyou so much for this thorough video, pick up my Elgrande tomorrow and I was overwhelmed by all the controls however now that I've watched this I feel somewhat at ease. Thankyou again, fantastic video

@allansinclair2921 2 жыл бұрын

I can only congratulate you on a most comprehensive and well produced video. So helpful. You should complete a series on the E51 as your attention to detail was A1 and you stuck to the task and kept on topic. It’s so refreshing to not have some lame host trying to ad lib and go continuously off on a tangent. Great job.

@ToTheGarage 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Allan, will do!

@mcfattus9452 2 ай бұрын

Just brough an elfrand and this vid along with your others have been a great help!

@ptonpc Ай бұрын

I'm considering one. Thanks for this.

@ToTheGarage Ай бұрын

Any time!

@karldingbat 2 жыл бұрын

I had the earlier e50 3.2 highway star version 4wd. An absolutely brilliant car never ever let me down, just kept going only sold it because its fuel economy wasnt the best, but apart from that, brilliant car.

@ToTheGarage 2 жыл бұрын

I believe that the E50 is still amougst the most common base vehicles for ambulances in Japan Due to the combo of Fast van and reliability.

@Nicedesk 24 күн бұрын

Thanks for the thorough info! Nissan put a lot of thought into the design of this Elgrand.

@ToTheGarage 15 күн бұрын

Yes. An often overlooked gem

@chrisf5475 Жыл бұрын

Wow was NOT expecting that intro music 👏👏👏

@AvenirRacing Жыл бұрын

FANTASTIC VIDEO! I just bought one of these myself, and there is so much to get my head around. I've got a 2008 top of the range, specced out model, but I can't imagine it has all that much more in the way of features.

@gavinwilson3604 2 жыл бұрын

Picked up an E51 last week. This is so useful. Thank you so much.

@ToTheGarage 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic Gavin I will be interested to know how you get along with her after a few miles. Loving mine.

@symonjames2657 8 ай бұрын

Great informative video, some things you explain I have trawled the net for. Much appreciated. Cheers

@Driving_Miss_Daisy 2 жыл бұрын

A great detailed review of the Elgrand.

@ToTheGarage 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Much appreciated 👍

@skelejp9982 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful & unique designed Car, never ever seen it, and I watch a lot of YTube car channels. I checked and found out,these are not sold in Holland . Car is sort of next level Luxury, and interior looks very warm. I also like the Holden Ute. Thank You for the interesting Video !

@ToTheGarage 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Skele👍. I love Utes and El camino's too. The only Car based pickups I tend to see in the UK are the Skoda Favourite based Funsters, and Proton Jumbucks. Not really the same 😔

@paulbusfield5774 2 жыл бұрын

Really good video John and really liking the car 👍

@ToTheGarage 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Paul

@paulfletcher1665 Жыл бұрын

Your videos are by far the most thorough on the Elgrands. 👍🏻

@ToTheGarage Жыл бұрын

Thanks Paul

@wolfhalupka8992 2 жыл бұрын

unbelievable- the mind boggles.... if that's entry level, one wonders what specs a fully loaded one would have.... perhaps everything but make some tea ! great car....

@ToTheGarage 2 жыл бұрын

The top spec cars are real spaceships👍

@linvisible7782 Жыл бұрын

That was so fantastic thank you

@danmoulton-bicknell2146 2 жыл бұрын

I had one of these - great car. There is a way of getting the clock to read GMT on the owners club’s website, but was way beyond my technical ability!

@ToTheGarage 2 жыл бұрын

Yes I saw that same info and thought🤔. I will add on 4 hours for a while🤣

@bigslim7895 Жыл бұрын

Superb review!!

@bigslim7895 Жыл бұрын

U missed the sliding electric door though😳😀

@ToTheGarage Жыл бұрын

Damn😔. 😁

@Sayiam 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing this great video. If my srs light is not coming on for the 7 seconds on the initial key turn, where do you think I should start to look for the problem. Thanks.

@peterhawkins71 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Absolutely love our VG and prefer the cloth interior it has over the leather which always dates a car (of any age). Ours was optioned to the max so has most of the features of an XL.

@ToTheGarage 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Peter. I must admit that I am always drawn to leather (Particularly paler leathers) and bought Elli based on being able to buy her cheaply to see if I liked the model. But you are absolutely correct in that the cloth interior hides its age much more effectively than all but the most cosseted examples in higher specs.

@merlin1346 Жыл бұрын

not sure if its the same thing but we have 6 ''world clocks'' on the office wall and in order to stop them all resetting to local time we opened the up and disconnected the thin wire ariels inside, job done.

@Thomas_1979 10 ай бұрын

Hello, thank you so much for thiw wondeful video. i have an Elgrand but i cant mirroring my head unit on the cars screens. how you did this? thanks in advance

@tommoso55 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant video, you seem to have a few more features on your VG than my Rider spec, I thought the Rider spec was above the VG but seems not

@attilabpc542 2 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed your guided tour despite I have an Elgrand E51. Just one thing to add. My MOT station didn't like the GPS based mph meter as they have to test the meter in stationery, not on the road.

@ToTheGarage 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Attila. Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it. Re your mot station, by their logic every speedo would fail, as the test requires a 'working' Speedo reading in MPH. All speedos look broken when the car is stationary!

@jdee4763 Жыл бұрын

Nice. Is there anywhere which tells the trim LEVELS?

@matthewcook1363 10 ай бұрын

Great video, does anyone know where the 110v inverter is located in the rear of the vehicle? Thanks

@matharrison8298 2 жыл бұрын

I have elgrand E51 with few issues runs really well just getting burning oil been told to change the pcv valve which I have got just looks a nightmare to do! Do you have any ideas?

@MrYing78 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Just picked up a 2006 Rider Autech and this was really useful to try and locate all the features you showed. Love the reflective speedo, please can you let me know the make and model? Many thanks.

@Gaminiize 2 жыл бұрын

I would like to know this too. Looks great in the windscreen

@luked8613 Жыл бұрын

Hi. My slide door buttons on front dash don't work. Do you no what the cause could be ? Thankyou

@magnacarta7956 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Great channel. I ve just purchased a 2005 Nissan elgrand converted camper van. Was wondering how do you demist the front windscreen.

@kramelbbiw 2 жыл бұрын

27:39

@ToTheGarage 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the hand Mark👍👍👍

@samrichards8251 Жыл бұрын

Doesn’t seem possible to turn off the main screen that says Nissan on it? Would be nice to turn that off when the key is on accessories while charging phone etc to save power

@martinbright2249 Жыл бұрын

How does the centre concil adjust please

@muhammadnaufalassyauqiardy7012 2 ай бұрын

Hello. Are there any tutorials or guides to open the driver's sliding door controls? My right door button got dislodged and it went inside, deep.😅

@tigerbone999 2 жыл бұрын

So helpful! Does anyone know f you can turn down the volume of the bleeping of the reverse gear?

@ToTheGarage 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Not that I know of

@christseitseimou2402 Жыл бұрын

Hi John,I need bearing carrier left backside E51 elgrand urgently?or even whole hap?plz reply,,

@Bboo-pl3wb 9 ай бұрын

Where to locate the reverse camera?

@sedickapillay Ай бұрын

My TV screen on dash not working...is there a fuse box for this. If so where is it? Thx

@scotttatroe7282 2 жыл бұрын

John I need your HELP! I have a XK8 the power seats are not working, how do I remove them ?

@ToTheGarage 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Scott. I have two detailed videos on this topic. Hope they help. Here are the links kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pZakgMiSz6fYhKc.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ac-XraxqypqteZc.html

@scotttatroe7282 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you John

@gerardbooth40 2 жыл бұрын

Is that 'Older Mercedes Drivers' or drivers of older Mercedes? Anyway, my old XC90 had a foot operated parking brake, so yes, guess you mean me either way! I haven't had a 'correctly' positioned indicator stalk since about 1987 and that was on a 1976 Chevette.

@ToTheGarage 2 жыл бұрын

🤣 yes & Yes! I guess the foot park brake is a pretty good idea in any car with a wide enough foot well. I think we should start a campaign to get RHD indicators and bonnet releases back on all RHD cars

@gerardbooth40 2 жыл бұрын

@@ToTheGarage BTW, the Merc and BMW in my household both have correctly positioned bonnet releases as does my XJ8, it’s just the XK8 that’s on the wrong side.

@JohnSmith-kw7nl Жыл бұрын

Hi John. I have recently acquired an E52, almost identical to Ellie. Your video was excellent and was a huge help in finding may way around the controls. I notice that Ellie had the same blanks (no fog lights) as I have in my E51 and have not been able to figure out what aftermarket lamps will fit as the apertures seems smaller than most other E51 models. Can you give me any info that would help in locating the correct fog lamp fittings. The harness is all there with a connectors in place

@davidspencer9811 4 ай бұрын

can u put a pic of the fuse boxes in english..mine is all Japanese...thanks a lot

@johnwilliams4556 2 жыл бұрын

John need help 2005 xk. In the U.S can't find front bumper. I want too keep my car they get ride of it

@ToTheGarage 2 жыл бұрын

Hi John. Bumpers are available new in the UK. I dont know how much it would cost to get one shipped to the US but here is a link to one company offering them. www.xk8-parts.com/2013/10/jaguar-xk8-xkr-x100-front-bumper/ used items are much cheaper and there must be plenty of XK8's being broken for parts in the US. Unfortunately I cant help with any suggested suppliers on your side of the pond. Good luck. John

@justice4g 2 жыл бұрын

I bought an XL and kinda wish I had a poverty spec as it'd be a fair bit lighter and switching stereos isn't easy, the weird thing is the XL doesn't even have its own badge. Base models are often kitted out with options, you seem to have quite a few in the curtains, rear video screen, 2 x electric rear doors and parking sensors.. you forgot to show off the moving center seat/console too, that's something I think I would prefer to the fixed center console on my XL.

@ToTheGarage 2 жыл бұрын

The XL is practically a lear jet interior from memory complete with leg rests.

@fshah4802 11 ай бұрын

Does the elgrand dont have cruze control??

@ToTheGarage 11 ай бұрын

Some do. Mine was a low spec vehicle. Those with cruise control have steering wheel controls on the right hand side of the steering wheel hub.

@stumeads7116 Жыл бұрын

That MPH requirement is pretty silly in the 21st century! I have one of these, the rider s autech model, and it’s a great van, ours is converted to a camper with a bed and vanity in the rear replacing the seats, only real issue is it pretty much needs a new wheel bearing once a year

@madinaham 6 ай бұрын

Посмотри суппорта, промой их и поменя резинки а также смажь направляющие они закипают. Ступечные подшипники перегреваются из за заклинивания суппортов

@jujoboveda Жыл бұрын

No hay forma de cambiar el idioma del software?

@christseitseimou2402 Жыл бұрын

Plz direct me for parts where?

@zumezoom9593 Жыл бұрын

How does the AWD work?

@ToTheGarage Жыл бұрын

If fitted it has a transfer box permanantly driving the front wheels in addition to the rear and splitting the power maintaining a bias to the rear. Some models will have a centre diff lock that is operated via a button on the dashboard, by the gear shift

@zumezoom9593 Жыл бұрын

@@ToTheGarage very informative. Thanks bro

@patrickadams1688 Жыл бұрын

The mains output you referred to is only 100vac which is the Japanese domestic supply and not 110vac. Not only that it’s output is limited to 1a or 100w just enough to power a small electronic device. And because there isn’t an earth pin only devices that are double insulated or don’t require and can be plugged in. 3 to 2 pin adapters should not be used.

@matthewcook1363 10 ай бұрын

Could you let me know where the inverter is located, I have the button but cannot locate it in the rear of the vehicle. Thanks

@andreyvensberg6737 Жыл бұрын

bro, how about the rear seats? It's an important part of the review as well

@ToTheGarage Жыл бұрын

Hi Andrey I have a seperate video on that. here is a link for you. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kN6mo6ZnuLSmeXk.html if you subscribe, you will find an entire elgrand playlist on my channel👍

@johnpalmer2969 2 жыл бұрын

Hi John, never knew they had so many gadgets…. and after 17years they all work - no wonder Japanese vehicles are so popular….the blinds are brill … bodywork looks great, have seen a lot of these with LPG conversations - would that be potentially on the list? otherwise you don’t have any more jobs to do ? John P

@ToTheGarage 2 жыл бұрын

If it looks like im going to be keeping her a while then LPG is a real possibility. My Jag independent specialist is also an LPG converter so it would be an easy decision to make in one regard but circa £1300 means I would have to be sure im keeping her for a while

@ManchesterMick123 Жыл бұрын

Whats the price of this ?

@ToTheGarage Жыл бұрын

Hi Mick. Im not actively trying to sell her if that is what you are asking. I would say that typical prices in the UK for similar vexamples would be 7 to 15 thousand pounds dependent upon spec condition and mileage.

@ManchesterMick123 Жыл бұрын

@@ToTheGarage 😉👍

@daniedurandt1345 Жыл бұрын

hi guys I've got a2002 nissan elgrand E51. 3.5l engine. they took out the catalytic converters. since taken my vechile gives me 1it to 5km. I'd do on 65l average of 400km. what can be the problem where can I check?

@johnwilliams4556 2 жыл бұрын

Please get back

@ToTheGarage 2 жыл бұрын

I have 😁

@MrTotoro7 2 ай бұрын

poverty spec haha, nice vid

@jman4652 Жыл бұрын

I have the e50 Elgrand. 3.3ltr highway star And I love the dam thing. (8 seat) Great cars. But total bastard to get parts for in Australia. And I've had to replace a few things on it now. Lol And only thing I'm not so keen on, is everything is in Japanese writing and on the tv screens Good work though. Look Fawad to seeing more.

@ToTheGarage Жыл бұрын

Yes, its not like us non japanese are going to be able to guess at what they say😁

@jman4652 Жыл бұрын

@@ToTheGarage lol. True

@johnwilliams4556 2 жыл бұрын

Not so good at this u tube email me if u can some how link with me need help love my car.

@ToTheGarage 2 жыл бұрын

You are doing fine. My email address is john@tothegarage.co.uk though if you dont wish to communicate via KZfaq comments.